Re: Pumpkin temperatures
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Pumpkin temperatures
- From: G*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1998 06:27:46 EDT
In a message dated 8/29/98 8:38:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
carlson@sanasys.com writes:
<< Subj: Re: Pumpkin temperatures
Date: 8/29/98 8:38:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: carlson@sanasys.com
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> << Subj: Pumpkin temperatures
> Date: 8/29/98 7:54:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> From: carlson@sanasys.com
> Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>
> I am looking for you ideas on the ideal pumpkin growth temperature.
> Examples like 80° for high 40° for low and why these are Ideal temps. I
> live in Iowa and we have warm nights in July & August. Thanks for the
> input the Carlson >>
>
> 85 -90 Day
>
> 68 + at night max growth potential, 60 - 67 80% of growth potential, 55 -
60
> 60% of growth potential, 50 - 55 40% of growth potential, Below 50 < 10%
of
> growth potential
>
> The above are estimates based on tracking this in my charts.
>
> George
>
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so george warm nights are a good thing right. does excessive humidity
help or hurt. some or i should say alot of our nights stay in the 70 to
73 range. thanks
the Carlsons Dan and Beth
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Since high Humidity or Dewpoint are what's keeping the temperature from
falling on a clear night you will have nearly 100% Humidity on a warm night.
High Humidity prevents water from being taken away from the plant into the
atmosphere. This combined with the high temperature should allow your plant
to grow at 80 - 100% of it's potential. Now the down side, if the Pumpkin is
above 100" it may explode when exposed to perfect growing conditions for more
than a day or two. Some AG types can take this better than others like the
Tractor Tire Style. The other problem might be, what happens if your plant is
exposed to 2 or 3 weeks of maximum growing conditions? Will the plant burn
itself out? Pumpknguy thinks it will and he could be right. I do not have
any data to support that theory though. That type of growing conditions would
almost never happen in New England and hasn't happened where I live in the
last 20 years. Try checking out the Chart on Dan Gardner's page from my 1991
617. If you have Excel I have some other charts with even more detail.
Hyperlink <A HREF="http://www.athenet.net/~dang/pumpkins.html">Pumpkin Page
</A>
Text address: http://www.athenet.net/~dang/pumpkins.html
George
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